Gwent (county)
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Gwent is a preserved county and a former local government county in south-east Wales. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent.
It consisted of most of the former administrative county of Monmouthshire and the county borough of Newport, along with Brynmawr and Llanelly from Brecknockshire. Under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 it was abolished on 1 April 1996.
The name however remains as one of the preserved counties of Wales used for certain ceremonial purposes, and it also survives in various titles, e.g., Gwent Police, Royal Gwent Hospital and the Newport Gwent Dragons rugby team.
When it existed, the administrative area was divided into several districts: Blaenau Gwent, Islwyn, Monmouth, Newport and Torfaen.
The successor unitary authorities are:
- City of Newport
- Blaenau Gwent county borough
- Torfaen county borough
- Caerphilly county borough (part of which came from Mid Glamorgan)
- Monmouthshire (which covers the eastern half of the traditional county of the same name)
In 2003 the preserved county of Gwent expanded to cover the whole of Caerphilly county borough. [1]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Ralph A. Griffiths, general editor, Gwent County History, University of Wales, 5 vols, 2004 —
- Time Team A Mesolithic Foreshore
Counties of the Lieutenancies Act 1997
Clwyd • Dyfed • Gwent • Gwynedd • Mid Glamorgan • Powys • South Glamorgan • West Glamorgan
Local authorities created by the Local Government Act 1972
CLWYD: Alyn and Deeside • Colwyn • Delyn • Glyndŵr • Rhuddlan • Wrexham Maelor
DYFED: Carmarthen • Ceredigion • Dinefwr • Llanelli • Preseli Pembrokeshire • South Pembrokeshire
GWENT: Blaenau Gwent • Islwyn • Monmouth • Newport • Torfaen
GWYNEDD: Aberconwy • Arfon • Dwyfor • Meirionnydd • Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey
MID GLAMORGAN: Cynon Valley • Merthyr Tydfil • Ogwr • Rhondda • Rhymney Valley • Taff-Ely
POWYS: Brecknock • Montgomeryshire • Radnorshire
SOUTH GLAMORGAN: Cardiff • Vale of Glamorgan
WEST GLAMORGAN: Lliw Valley • Neath • Port Talbot • Swansea
